IT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN " THE SCOTSMAN " NEWSPAPER THAT A SECOND, YES A SECOND FIRM INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS £430 MILLION NEW SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT BUILDING (first estimated at a cost of £40 to £60 million) HAS " GONE INTO ADMINSTRATION "  AFTER EXPERIENCING CASH FLOW PROBLEMS.      THE NAME OF THIS LONDON BASED FIRM WHICH WORKED ON THE ROOF OF THE DEBATING CHAMBER AS PART OF A £10 MILLION PACKAGE OF WORK AT HOLYROOD WAS GIVEN AS "COVERITE".

THE FIRST FIRM TO GO BUST IS REPORTED AS BEING A LINCOLNSHIRE BASED FIRM, COWLEY STRUCTURAL TIMBERWORK, WHICH INSTALLED THE CONTROVERSIAL BEAMS IN THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING.

THE COLLAPSE OF THE TWO FIRMS  (following the collapse of one of the roof beams) HAS COMPLICATED THE QUESTION OF WHO MIGHT BE LIABLE FOR THE COSTS OF FIXING THE PROBLEMS.    

 SO FAR THE CHAMBER'S ROOFING PROBLEMS HAVE COST ABOUT £230,000 IN REPAIRS AND MSPs ARE CONSULTING LAWYERS OVER HOW TO RECOUP THE COSTS ARISING FROM THE PROBLEMS IN ORDER TO SPARE THE PUBLIC PURSE EXTRA EXPENSE.    ( how good of them - how about going after those who awarded the contracts in the first place - and those whose job it was to " KEEP A CLOSE SCRUTINY ON THE FINANCE ?

EARLIER THIS YEAR THE FIRM "COVERITE" WAS FINED £100,000 BY THE OFT FOR BEING PART OF A GROUP OF COMPANIES WHICH COLLUDED TO KEEP PRICES HIGH DURING A SERIES OF BIDS FOR WORK ".

CAN THIS HAPPEN WITH REGARD TO ALL THE CONSTRUCTION WORK CONTRACTS INVOLVED WITH THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC PROJECTS ?  OF COURSE IT CAN - YET TESSA JOWELL, SEBASTION COE, THE MAYOR OF LONDON AND THE GOVERNMENT EXPECTS LONDONERS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A SHARE OF ANY LOSSES/OVERRUNS RESULTING FROM THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES ON THE STRENGTH OF THEIR STATEMENT THAT "WE WILL KEEP A CLOSE SCRUTINY ON THE EXPENDITURE" ?!!!!!!!!!!!!DO THEY REALLY EXPECT US TO ACCEPT THEIR WORD FOR THIS  - AFTER ALL THE PREVIOUS BUILDING OVERSPEND, OVERTIME FIASCOS WE HAVE WITNESSED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS ?

IF THEY ARE ALL SO CONFIDENT THAT THERE WILL BE NO LOSSES/OVERRUNS/DEBTS ETC THAT LONDONERS WILL HAVE TO PAY ( " because of close scrutiny and inbuilt allowances for cost overruns" ) AND, AS SEB COE HAS SAID ,(" the London Olympics will make £100 million profit"),  THEN LET THEM SAY NOW, THAT ANY LOSSES/OVERRUNS WILL BE MET FROM NATIONAL FUNDS.   

LONDONERS HAVE NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER OVER THE ALLOCATION OF THE CONTRACTS OR THE BILLIONS THAT THE LONDON GAMES WILL COST - SO WHY SHOULD WE ACCEPT ANY REPOSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSSES, WHETHER THEY OCCUR THROUGH MISMANAGEMENT - INCORRECTLY PRICED CONTRACTS, POOR FINANCIAL CONTROLS, LACK OF SUPERVISION, POOR WORKMANSHIP, BANKRUPTCY, OR JUST PLAIN OLD FASHIONED FIDDLING !  

                                       JUST SHOW THEM THAT IT'S NOT ON !